Caroline de Sury

3 days ago | catholicreview.org | Caroline de Sury

PARIS (OSV News) — As the world watches Rome for the election of a new pope, the southern French city of Avignon reflects on its own deep papal history — and the legacy of martyrdom that accompanied the loss of the papacy’s temporal power in France. On May 11, Archbishop François Fonlupt and neighboring bishops will mark the 100th anniversary of the beatification of the Martyrs of Orange — 32 religious sisters guillotined during the French Revolution for refusing to renounce their faith.

6 days ago | osvnews.com | Caroline de Sury

12 PARIS (OSV News) — As the world watches Rome for the election of a new pope, the southern French city of Avignon reflects on its own deep papal history — and the legacy of martyrdom that accompanied the loss of the papacy’s temporal power in France. On May 11, Archbishop François Fonlupt and neighboring bishops will mark the 100th anniversary of the beatification of the Martyrs of Orange — 32 religious sisters guillotined during the French Revolution for refusing to renounce their faith.

1 week ago | onet.pl | Caroline de Sury |Tomasz Zielenkiewicz

"Nie mamy absolutnego dowodu na jej pochodzenie, ale nie jest obrazą dla rozumu uklęknąć przed tuniką z Argenteuil" – powiedział ks. Guy-Emmanuel Cariot, rektor bazyliki, w rozmowie z OSV News. Wskazał na obecność plam krwi na tunice, które mają rzadką grupę AB, identyczną z tą stwierdzoną na Całunie Turyńskim. Bp Benoît Bertrand z Pontoise, oficjalny "strażnik świętej Tuniki", podkreślił, że śmierć Papieża Franciszka zmieniła pierwotne plany uroczystości.

1 week ago | angelusnews.com | Paulina Guzik |Caroline de Sury |Robert Brennan

The more often Catholics in the United States attend Mass, the more likely they are to oppose proposed changes to the Church, such as blessing same-sex marriages and allowing women to become priests, a new Pew Research Center study reveals. Pew Research surveyed 1,787 Catholics nationwide from Feb. 3–9 and asked their views on a wide range of topics. Pew’s report specifically tracked and categorized the answers of Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly and those who don’t.

1 week ago | angelusnews.com | Caroline de Sury |Paulina Guzik |Robert Brennan |Tom Hoffarth

As cardinals gather in Rome ahead of the May 7 conclave, thousands of pilgrims are flocking to the Basilica of St. Denis in Argenteuil, France, to venerate what's believed to be the holy tunic of Jesus -- the seamless robe described in the Gospels. On display until May 11, the relic has drawn intense devotion, particularly following the recent death of Pope Francis.